Job 3:24 Go deeper
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For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-if
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 1
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 2
לַ֭חְמִיLach.mifood my
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 3
אַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.Tigroaning my
Lemma: אֲנָחָה (a.na.chah) · Strong's: H0585
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sighing
Used 11 times. Also: Job 23:2, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 38:9, Psalms 102:5, Isaiah 21:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0585; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 4
תָבֹ֑אta.Vo'it comes
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 5
וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.Khuand they poured forth
Lemma: נָתַךְ (na.takh) · Strong's: H5413
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to pour
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 9:33, 2 Samuel 21:10, 2 Kings 22:9, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 34:17, 2 Chronicles 34:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5413; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 6
כַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimlike <the> water
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 7
שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי\׃sha.'a.go.Taicries of distress my
Lemma: שְׁאָגָה (she.a.gah) · Strong's: H7581
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: roaring
Used 7 times. Also: Job 4:10, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 32:3, Isaiah 5:29, Ezekiel 19:7, Zechariah 11:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7581; TAHOT Job 3:24 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I sigh | → | אֲנָחָה H0585 sighing |
| when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| food | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| is put | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| before me | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| and my groans | → | שְׁאָגָה H7581 roaring |
| pour out | → | נָתַךְ H5413 to pour |
| like water | → | מַי H4325G water |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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